It's been two months after the battle between Madara Uchiha and the shinobi allied forces, somehow madara was killed by the mother of chakra herself Kaguya otsutsuki after he activated the infinite tsukyomi, after the struggle and sacrifice of comrades and loved ones and the battle between Noriko Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha , Kakashi Hatake and Sakura Haruno( she didn't really do much) and Kaguya herself labelled Team seven as the heroes of the war before she was sealed away.
After the battle each village went back to repairing destroyed places along with maintaining ties from the temporal alliance during the war, in Konohakagure lady tsunade stepped down from the post of Hokage and handed it Kakashi telling him to hand it over to Noriko when she's come of age, Uchiha Sasuke was given a one year house arrest due to the fact he redeemed himself by playing a major role in the defeat of both kaguya and madara and also due to the fact the elders still wanted the clan restoration program to happen which according to Ino was undeserving of the duck butt emo. Sasuke also didn't believe that he would get away that easily ever in a million years, this decision strained the alliance between Konohakgure and other villages, but, after the explanation that without the sharingan the war wouldn't have been a success it reduced the tension though some kages like onoki and A were against the idea also suggesting that without the sharingan the war wouldn't have started either, but after the arguments and ramblings, it was decided that Sasuke Uchiha and any future offsprings of his would be subjected to a fuuinjutsu seal that would seal of their chakra and churn it together to create a self destruct explosion, If they were to betray their village again.
Noriko Uzumaki felt two type of feelings today as she walked through the streets of konoha, the first was pride because people no longer gave her the disapproving look she had always seen since her childhood also she had been handed her mother and fathers mansion in the forest of death though it was for her clans restoration program also, since she and Karin were the last Uzumaki left and Otokagure had handed Karin over to Konoha they were to live there then find suitors within the next four years with Noriko being the head clan member and Karin being the branch family member for now. The other feeling she felt was guilt, she has finally been acknowledged which was her childhood dream but she didn't think hundreds had to die before it happened, her walk through the streets of konoha wasn't for a stroll since the sixth hokage Hatake Kakashi had called for her for an S-rank mission, when she got into the hokage's tower she went towards kakashi's office, entering she saw shikamaru discussing with the Cyclops kage, immediately she entered her presence was noticed "come in Noriko" was the word that came out from her father's student all of a sudden shikamaru tensed by the sight before him, Noriko according to was a beauty to behold her faint three whisker gave her a cute feral look and her long blonde was packed in the same way kushina Uzumaki used to pack it, she started this style after seeing her mother in her mindscape, her hair bound by her hitai-ate with the colour being orange instead of blue she wore long sleeves and a glove with mini shorts, the remaining part of her legs were wrapped in bandages, and she wore a black pair of sandals, and now had a jonin vest customized in with orange buttons. "Noriko I am assembling a team of seven to check out the fire temple" he looked at her before continuing " lately anyone who goes towards the ruins are often reported to be dead or missing never to return, It's rumoured that the ghosts of the deceased in the attacks from hidan and kakuzu are the ones behind this disappearance of people I want you to take kiba inuzuka, shino aburame, ino yamanaka, sakura haruno, sasuke uchiha and shikamaru nara himself you guys are to explore the temple and find the cause behind this strange disappearance your team leader is shikamaru the others would be briefed once they return from their respective missions. Go pack yourself for tomorrows mission.